GARBAGE WARRIOR – Earthships and Mike Reynolds

 
Michael Reynolds is an architect based in New Mexico and a proponent of “radically sustainable living.” He has been a forceful and controversial critic of the profession of architecture for its failure to deal with the amount of waste that building design creates.
Watch his video here
 

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Permaculture Projects – The practical approach – Outback, Urban, Cold Climate

What is Permaculture? Introduction
Our Permaculture Projects,
the practical approach A Permaculture garden in the dusty Outback
A City Permaculture Garden in the Tropics
Permaculture in a cold climate
The theory Permaculture – the nine key principles
The practical approach

A Permaculture garden in the dusty Outback
A City Permaculture Garden in the Tropics
Permaculture in a cold climate

Also with other examples like [...]

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Solar cooker plans

There is a wide variety of solar cooker designs, many of them very simple to build from inexpensive, easy-to-obtain materials. Start by choosing a cooker design type based on your requirements. The table below lists strengths and weaknesses of the most common types, and shows some popular cookers of each type. Below each table is [...]

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The world’s first carbon-neutral city

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has just officially unveiled its plans to build theworld’s first carbon-neutral city. Situated on Abu Dhabi’s desert outskirts, “Masdar City” is designed from the ground up to be the first completely environmentally sustainable city and a hub for renewable energy research. The UAE’s rulers hope Masdar will eventually house at least [...]

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Then and Now – Happy Earth – it’s amazing how far the garden has come along.

Well it’s been just over 18 months since we sowed the first seed and planted the first fruit tree on our little block in the ‘burbs. Looking back at the photos, it’s amazing how far the garden has come along.  Here a few comparison photos of then and now.

HappyEarth.com.au

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A Pattern Language

Summary of a book by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, with Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King and Shlomo Angel. Published by Oxford University Press.
The original book contains much essential detail behind each of the following patterns and is recommended reading.

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Thanks @leonardbarrett

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Cooroy Climate Change

Cooroy Climate change shows how a group of people living near Cooroy, a small country town in South East Queensland are coping with their version of Climate Change.
Cooroy Climate Change – video
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Permaculture for renters

“I wrote about this great mobile garden in a previous post.  Thought I’d update folks, as it was still winter at that point, and there wasn’t much life in it.  Now that it’s almost summer, this amazing raised-bed-on-wheels is bursting with scrumptious edibles, and I finally figured out what the hell was going on with the [...]

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Planning and Building a Greenhouse

Here is a selection of e-books on planning and building a greenhouse.

All about greenhouse growing!
Design and installation
Planning and building a greenhouse
Making a simple greenhouse
How to build a greenhouse – website list
A small backyard greenhouse

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Zones and Sectors in the City

Re-defining Zones
The first step in adapting zones for a wider audience is to expand the notion of the site. The usual image of a permaculture site is that of private property owned by an individual, family or small group attempting some degree of self-sufficiency. The reality for most people is very different. The city-dweller ranges [...]

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